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. HAND PRINTING DEVICE. .Na-564,066. Patented July 14, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ,'FOEEICE.

CHARLES M. FOWLER, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO FREDERICK E. FROST, OF IVORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAND PRINTING DEVICE.

f SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,066, dated `J'uly14, 1896.

Application filed May 8, 1895. Serial No. 548,611. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. FOWLER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in HandPrinting Devices, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a speciiication.

This invention relates to an improved hand printing device for theprinting of window, show, or display cards, notices, &c. by means ofseparate types, in straight or curved lines, with or without a bottomboard or rule-holder, as will hereinafter be more fully shown anddescribed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein-Figure l represents a top plan view of the improved hand printingdevice, showing it as used in connection with a bottom board when thecard to be printed is no wider than the length of the rule. Fig. 2represents an enlarged end view of Fig. l, showing part of the bottomboard in section. Fig. 3 represents a detail perspective view of thespacer which slides on the rule. Fig. 4 represents a top plan view ofthe invention, shown as used for printing cards wider than the length ofthe rule, or for printing on boxes or other articles that cannot beplaced on the board. Fig. 5 represents a cross-section on the line 5 5,shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 represents a crosssection on the line 6 6,-shown in Fig. et; and Fig. 7 represents a top plan view of the device,shown in position for printing in curved lines. v

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on thedifferent parts of the drawings.

In the drawings, A represents a graduated rule, preferably made of metaland having an upwardly-projecting angular rib A on one side, as shown.

In detail in Fig. 3 is shown the spacer, consisting of a bar B, adaptedto be guided on the rib A of the rule A, and having for this purposenotched or grooved ends B B', adapted to receive the rib A of said rulewhen placed in position, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. In one piecewith said bar B is made a side extension or spacer-lip B, slightlyraised to clear the card or sheet, and on the opposite side of the saidbar B is made an indexpointer B3, which is used in connection with. thegraduated rule A for regulating spaces between successive words.

C in Figs. l and 2 represents abottom board which I prefer to use inconnection with the printing device for printing on cards D, which arenarrower than the length of the rule A. 6o To the ends of such boards C,I secure end metal plates E E, whichare at right angles to the sides ofsaid board C and project slightly above it, so that either of suchplates may serve as a guide for one side of the card when held againstit during the marking operation, thus squaring the card and causing thelines to be printed parallel thereon as the card is being adjusted. p

The rule A has its ends received between 7o ears e c on the plates E E,as shown in Figs.

l and 2. The ears e, being provided with setscrews E', by means of whichthe card D, that is being printed, may be clamped in proper position onthe board C between the latter and the rule A, as shown in Fig. 2.

F represents the type-block, as usual, by means of which the handprinting process is carried out, as is common in devices of this kind.8o

The upper edges of the end plates E E are graduated or ruled off ininches and fractions thereof, so as to facilitate the spacing betweenone printed line and the next one following.

In using the device for printing on cards or papers that are narrowerthan the length of the rule A, I proceed as follows: The card or paperto be printed on is introduced between the board C and rule A, and afterbeing 9o placed in position with one edge thereof in contact with one vof the end plates E and otherwise, placed in the proper position forreceiving the `first line of the printing said card is clamped inposit-ion by tightening the 9 5 screws E E', after which Ithe spacer ismoved to the desired position on the rule for printing the first letter.The spacer is held by one hand in such position while the operator takesthe inked type-block F and places it roo against the spacer-bar B andagainst the righthand side of the spacer-lip B", as shown in Fig. l,after which the type-block is pressed by hand against the sheet or card,making the desired imprint, after which it is removed and the spacermoved on the rule A toward the right sufficiently to show the whole ofthe previously-printed letter clear at the lefthand side of thespacer-lip B", when the operator proceeds as before and prints thesuccessive letters in the desired word. The spacing between the words isaccomplished by reading oif the desired distance on the rule A by meansof the pointer B3, which is moved toward the right a properpredetermined distance, according to the space desired between t-hewords. After one line has been printed the card is released from therule and moved upward a desired distance, which may be read off on thegraduated upper edge of the end plates E E, after which the paper orcard is clamped in position and the printing operation repeated in amanner as above described.

When it is desired to mark papers or cards wider than the length of therule A, or for marking boxes or other articles which cannot convenientlybe placed on the board C, I proceed as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, andfor this purpose I make a number of perforations a a a in the rule A,through two of which I put headed pins G G, which are pressed into thetable or support I-I, on which the card or paper D' to be printed islaid, and proceed with marking the sheet as before. After one line hasbeen printed I remove the pins G and feed the card or paper onward adistance desired for spacing between the lines, and so on until the cardis properly printed.

The printing on boxes or other similar objects is performed in asimilarmanner by securing the rule A to the box, duc. by means of the pins G Gand adjusting the rule A from time to time relative to the face of thebox, &c., that is being marked.

Vhen it is desired to print in curves, as shown in Fig. 7, I insert oneof the pins G in any one of the perforations a in the rule A, accordingto the desired radius of the arc in which the printing is to be made. Ireverse the position of the spacer relative to the rule A and secure itthereto by means of one of the pins G, which is inserted through perfo`rations in the rib A' and spacer-bar B, as fully shown in Fig. 7. Theprinting is done as before stated and the rule A swung on its fulcrumand spaced after printing a letter or word in a manner as hereinabovefully set forth.

It willthus be seen that the device is adapted for printing narrow cardsor wider ones at the will of the operator, and it is equally useful forprinting on'boxes, dre., either in straight or curved lines, as may bedesired by the operator.

Having thus fully described the nature, construction, and operation ofmy-invention, I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claiml. In a handprinting device for movable types, the combination with a graduated rule`having perforations, and an upwardly-extending annular iiange along oneedge, of a spacer or type-guide adapted to slide along said rule, andconsisting of a bar B, having notched ends B', a centrally-arrangedindexpointer B3 projecting from one side of said bar over the graduatedmarks on the rule and havin g a notch therein in line with the notchedends of the bar, and a side extension B projecting from the oppositeside of the bar in line with the index-pointer, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a hand printing device for movable type, the combination of abottom board having graduated card-guide plates arranged at the ends ofand rising above the surface of said board, a graduated rule having itsends engaged with said card-guide plates, a spacer or type-guide movablealong the rule and having a side extension forming a spacer-lip, andclamping devices mounted on the card-guide plates and acting upon therule to clamp the card to be printed between the rule and the bottomboard, substantially as described.

3. In a hand printing device for movable type, the combination of abottom board having end card-guide plates provided with overhangingears, a graduated rule extending over the bottom board, a spacer ortype-guide movable alongthe rule, and set-screws carried by the overhanging ears of the end card-guide plates and acting upon the rule to clampthe card to be printed between said rule and the bottom board,substantially as described.

4. In a hand printing device for movable types, the combination with agraduated rule having an upwardly-extending iiange along one edge, of aspacer adapted to be guided along said rule and consisting of a bar Bprovided with notched ends B', an index-pointer B3 projecting from oneside of said bar and having a notch therein in line with the notchedends of the bar, a side extension B" projectingfrom the opposite side ofthe bar and having its lower face slightly higher than the lower face ofthe bar, and a bottom board provided with a clamp at one end adapted toretain said graduated rule, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 16th day ofApril, A. D.1895.

CHARLES M. FOIVLER.

Witnesses:

ALBAN AUDRN, LARITZ N. MLLER.

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